Alex Morgan redirected Lauren Holiday’s free kick for a goal some nine minutes into the second half and the U.S. women’s national team went on to defeat Switzerland, 3-0, on Friday in group play at the Algarve Cup.

Leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was released Friday after spending 15 days in custody and vowed that he and his supporters will not be intimidated by the slaying of a top Kremlin critic.

We have heard reports that Francis Venditti, president of Seekonk Speedway, is looking hard at building a one-eighth mile drag strip on the extensive track property. This has been looked at over the 70 years that the track has existed.